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Predicting the Future of Health IT: How It Could Curb Medical Costs – Atlantic Online

December 27th, 2011 No comments

Health IT is a big deal these days. While there has been some controversy surrounding it, there is no doubt that, if implemented well, it can improve everything from disease monitoring to noncompliance with doctors’ orders. Such transformation seems …

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Blood Test May Spot Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms Appear

August 3rd, 2011 Comments off

A new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease is 96% accurate at identifying the disease and can perhaps detect it even before symptoms such as memory loss appear, says the test’s developer.

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Blood Test May Spot Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms Appear

New Strain of Tick-Borne Disease Discovered

August 3rd, 2011 Comments off

A new strain of ehrlichiosis, a tick-borne disease, is being spread by deer ticks, the same ticks that spread Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis.

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New Strain of Tick-Borne Disease Discovered

Little Exercise Beats None

August 1st, 2011 Comments off

Even a little physical activity performed on a regular basis may reduce the risk of heart disease. And the more exercise people do, the more benefit in reducing risk, a new study finds.

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Little Exercise Beats None